Elphaba Sambo!

Welcome to the family, little kitten!

The lens cap kept dangling, and she thought it would make a nice toy.

My flip flops also seemed to make nice toys.

So did the corner of the windowsill. Pretty much everything is a fabulous toy.

She's a little parrot just like her big sister!

Of course, I have horrible scratch marks all over my shoulder and neck from her sharp little claws. ;)

Dan and I are just marveling at all the tiny places she can fit into! We've had to raise the leg rests on the recliner ends of the couch several times because it's the only way we can get her out.

Unfortunately, Big Sister doesn't seem overjoyed at the new addition.

We pretty much have to monitor them constantly when they're both out.

Elphie seems pretty fearless, ahem, foolhardy.

Ginger really doesn't seem the least inclined to like Elphie.

She's miniature!

In related news, Chuck came over and helped Dan put up the siding on the front of the garage!

But it was my determined boy who pushed through the fact that the garage is still crooked, even though, optical-illusion-style, it looks straight. It's not as easy to fool the siding.

By the way, this is the cute little picket fence Dan put up a few weeks ago next to the driveway. We may or may not paint it. We'll see.

Thumbs up!

These irises are going CRAZY!

The Las Vegas irises on the other side of the porch only have two blooms at the moment, but look at all those buds! Holy cow!

My petunias were looking kind of puny last week, but look at them now! I think one or two of them are inconsistent in coloring -- maybe some just got mixed into my flat? But I don't care. :)

I have the darnedest time getting a clear picture of this little thing. I almost think it might be a columbine, but I'll have to see. It just came up.

The verbena are making good on the nursery's promise that they'd be consistent bloomers all season!

This is (hopefully) the dahlia coming up from the tubers I planted.

My Grape Crush New Guinea impatien earlier today.

And tonight when we got home.

This nemesia, though I have a problem getting a clear picture of it (stupid auto-focus!), is also just really pretty. It's the Sunsatia Mango, which I just think it so pretty. It only had one flower on it when I bought it. :)

I can't get enough of this columbine!

Not sure what this is. It's the same thing that goes around the perimeter of the yard.

It was a little windy. Can you tell? (It's after ten PM right now and it's raining, finally.)

I think this stuff, along the side of the house, growing wild, is lily of the valley. What do y'all think?